 Hajj: FCT pilgrims protest aircraft delay  Harmattan disrupts flights in Kano  PDP reform panel to reduce Ogbeh”s power  Tension in Jos over land dispute  Missing ship: Admiral appeals dismissal verdict  Tsunami disaster: UN, IMF pledge $2bn aid  Reps propose bill on disaster management  Atiku to witness signing of peace pact between Sudanese govt, SPLM/A  CNPP expresses reservations over new election bill  Kaduna Assembly members to impeach speaker  306 loan defaulters abandon homes in Zamfara  N1.4m fraud: EAS airline staff set office ablaze  Masari urges doctors to call off strike-pg 3▪ NASS to endorse new LGs-Mantu  Metropolitan police arrest three over Damilola Taylor’s murder  Shariah commission denies ram allowance rumour  Senator predicts further reduction in oil prices  Funtua LG to name secretariat after Wada Nas  NSE records N2.1bn capitalization in 2004 ●Opens new branch in Benin  Pension board boss warns fraudulent pensioners  Nuhu Ribadu as “Person of the Year”  New initiative universities  2007: How Nasarawa will vote  The 5th Communists at FCT water board  Costtly roads? Adamu Adamu should come come to Gombe  Adieu Wada Nas  This King has danced naked  Thoughts on democracy  300 dead in Somali tsunami crisis- Report  Mandela intensifies AID campaign as son dies  Garang to become Sudan’s vice president  Bombers kill 18 in Algeria  Kenyan becomes US senator  Iraq elections delay too risky- PM  Hamas owns up to attack on Isreali base  US dismisses Afghan, Pakistan border clash  Pregnant woman survive in sea after Tsunami  Smugglers hide heroin in puppies’ bellies-pg 10▪ Woman, 55, delivers triplets for daughter  Shell resumes production at oil stations  Oil prices drop as fuel stocks rise  Global Energy re-brands business units  Chevron Texco expands to deep water  BOI disburses N6bn for 42 projects  UTB shares attract investors at NSE  NAICOM commences public building insurance  Poverty, main driving force of child labour- Cleric  Taxes: Odili tasks coys  Ex-WorldCom directors to pay $54m fines  Toyota to staff factories with robots  Samsung unveils first speech-to-text mobile  What are your New Year resolutions?  Women in Chiranci, Kwana Hudu learn video recording  Looking attractive after childbirth  CEDAW calls for legal actionover women’s equality  Karu planning authority to construct six bus stop  Second batch of FCT pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia  Driver slaps policewoman in bus stop  FCT: How education fared in 2004  Sanitation in Kano, matters arising  Road triggers battle between Tinubu, Ogunlewe  Day of judgement of missing M.T. African pride  ALGON explains parley with FG  ALGON explains parley with FG  Wada Nas’ death will not disintegrate PSP- Engr. Anyawun  APGA warns against truncating Igbo presidency  Benue hails Ogbeh’s survival as PDP boss  Edu blasts Arsenal over contact  Mendes feels robbed by linesman  English League offers to test technology  Liverpool seal Pellegrino signing  Luxemburgo’s preparations pay off for Real  Rusedski falls to in-form Federer  Shaq helps Haat return to winning ways  Petrova drops out after muscle strain  Hewitt breezes through to finals  Controversy dogs Nigerian soccer  FIFA’s threat: Minister makes effort to resolve face-off